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1. Chronogram Magazine Reviews Two Weeks Under

   Category: Matching tags: Culture,Books

   A Review of Two Weeks Under and Feed Me - by Anne Pyburn, in the April issue of Chronogram Magazine. Tuesday, 07 April 2009

2. He’s Got Youth-in-a-Bottle and Doesn’t Even Care About the Grandkids

   Category: Matching tags: Extreme Dieting,Forever Young,Culture

   I actually had better things to do this morning than get all irritated by another article with the sentiment of being youth obsessed and why it's okay. Today's little gem, on Earthlink, is called "Youthfulness ... Saturday, 06 December 2008

3. Kraft Foods and AIG, or Cutting Through Fear With Goose Bumps?

   Category: Matching tags: Culture,Snack Food

   I was going to start this blog with a rant about how Kraft is replacing AIG on the Dow Jones Industrial Average and what that holds in store for our future as a preservative eating, hormone ingesting, ... Thursday, 25 September 2008

4. Flirtation Just Named a Crime. Um, Got Anything To Sell That Will Reform Me? Him? Both of Us?

   Category: Matching tags: Culture

   ... that right is what makes people insecure. They forget their core. And it's not just about sexuality. I think advertisers target sexuality because it's easy, compelling, and in a youth-centric culture, ... Tuesday, 26 August 2008

5. The Prophetic Jetsons: Your Mask-on-a-Stick Has Arrived

   Category: Matching tags: Culture,Weightism

   I can safely say I miss the '80s. We weren't as crazy back then. It's true we tried to a kill a president, and there was the music of course, the Bud Bowl, our hair. But we still made fun of real craziness. ... Monday, 11 August 2008

6. They’re calling Scarlett Johansson fat now?

   Category: Matching tags: Celebrity,Culture,Weightism

   Greetings from the sofa.... First of all, let's be clear: She is not fat. It's not one of those cases where in her downtime between films she's porked out. Even I'm a little shocked. Scarlett Johansson? ... Thursday, 31 July 2008

7. Weightism

   Category: Matching tags: Culture,Diet,Weightism

   WEIGHTISM: (n.) 1) Discrimination against overweight people, especially in the workplace. 2) Discrimination against not really overweight people if someone thinner and cuter is in the room. Origin: America, ... Wednesday, 30 July 2008